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expostulation

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ex⋅pos⋅tu⋅la⋅tion

  [ik-spos-chuh-ley-shuhn]
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–noun
1. the act of expostulating; remonstrance; earnest and kindly protest: In spite of my expostulations, he insisted on driving me home.
2. an expostulatory remark or address.
Origin:
1580–90; < L expostulātiōn- (s. of expostulātiō) complaint. See expostulate, -ion
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ex·pos·tu·late   (ĭk-spŏs'chə-lāt')   
intr.v.   ex·pos·tu·lat·ed, ex·pos·tu·lat·ing, ex·pos·tu·lates
To reason earnestly with someone in an effort to dissuade or correct; remonstrate. See Synonyms at object.

[Latin expostulāre, expostulāt- : ex-, intensive pref.; see ex- + postulāre, to demand; see prek- in Indo-European roots.]
ex·pos'tu·la'tion n., ex·pos'tu·la'tor n., ex·pos'tu·la·to'ry (-lə-tôr'ē, -tōr'ē), ex·pos'tu·la'tive adj.
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